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Bill: Patriot Act II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Flemish Liberation Front
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2485
Description[?]:
| meh! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate the confidentiality of letters with grounded cause.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is not inviolable.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:16:59, November 10, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Patriot Act II |
| Message | No, the current law is just fine |
| Date | 14:05:31, November 10, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act II |
| Message | We shall support this measure |
| Date | 16:24:19, November 10, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act II |
| Message | The Courts are the best place for this to be decided. |
| Date | 17:07:47, November 10, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act II |
| Message | Actually...there's nothing in the law about the courts. Just the Justice Department? |
| Date | 00:11:15, November 11, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act II |
| Message | Oh, sorry, we misread this. The Courts would have been the best place for this to be decided. We still prefer the current law to any of the alternatives, however. |
| Date | 01:15:06, November 11, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act II |
| Message | hehe. We disagree but then...that's nothing new :D |
| Date | 15:17:01, November 11, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Patriot Act II |
| Message | This is nuts. If the confidentiality of letters is not inviolable, then anyone can go to your letters, including your neighbours or people passing by who notice a letter sticking out of your mailbox. |
| Date | 14:23:15, November 12, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Patriot Act II |
| Message | Failed |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 305 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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